Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays, Hardcover - Michael Oakeshott

Reducere. Rationalism in Politics established the late Michael Oakeshott as the leading conservative political theorist in modern Britain. This expanded coll...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael OakeshottRationalism in Politics established the late Michael Oakeshott as the leading conservative political theor...

Reducere. Oswald Spengler, in the aftermath of the Great War, gained international repute as a philosopher-historian whose apparently doom-laden forecast on ...

This highly readable new collection of thirty pieces by Michael Oakeshott, almost all of which are previously unpublished, covers every decade of h...

DescriptionA collection of essays from the father of the American transcendentalism, including "Nature, " "Self-Reliance, " "Love, " and "Art." Ral...

Reducere. DescriptionOne of Book Riot's "The Best Books We Read in October 2018" "To say this collection is transgressive, provocative, and brilliant is simp...

Reducere. Civil Disobedience and Other Essays is a collection of some of Henry David Thoreau's most important essays. Contained in this volume are the follow...

Reducere. DescriptionOver the past decade Dana Gioia has emerged as a compelling advocate of Christianity's continuing importance in contemporary culture. Hi...

Do you want to read What is Man? If so then keep reading...In "What is Man?" Mark Twain raises numerous thought-provoking questions about mankind a...

"Lorde's words -- on race, cancer, intersectionality, parenthood, injustice -- burn with relevance 25 years after her death." -- O, The Oprah Magaz...

Reducere. Natural philosopher and rugged poet Henry David Thoreau has inspired many generations through Thoreau's popular essays included here: Civil Disobed...

Reducere. DescriptionA highly acclaimed collection of twenty-eight essays, sketches, and short stories presenting nearly every facet of the author's work. "U...

Reducere. Introduction by New York Times bestselling author Henry Louis Gates Jr. Spanning more than 35 years of work, the first comprehensive collection of ...

Reducere. Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their...

Seeking to uncover and reaffirm the discourse of truth in public life, Peter Steinberger sets out a conception of politics that is rationalist, con...

In this rich collection, bestselling author Adam Hochschild has selected and updated over two dozen essays and pieces of reporting from his long ca...

Reducere. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Published more than two decades ago to great critical acclaim and commercial success, A Brief History of Time has beco...

DescriptionVelazquez. Poussin. Carvaggio. Bernini. Despite their disparate backgrounds, these greats of European Baroque art converged at one remar...

Reducere. Of Michael Oakeshott and his interest in Thomas Hobbes, Professor Paul Franco has written, "The themes Oakeshott stresses in his interpretation of ...

Reducere. Ann Richards--now the subject of the Broadway play Ann--tells her life story in her own trademark candor and spicy humor. Straight from the Heart i...

Analyzes the relationship between language, women and culture in both Western and non-Western contexts. Developing an integration of ontemporary me...

Reducere. In the 1890s and for years thereafter, America reverberated with the name of the -notorious Anarchist, - feminist, revolutionist, and agitator, Emm...

In this book, Michael Sandel takes up some of the hotly contested moral and political issues of our time, including affirmative action, assisted su...

Oakeshott's memorable lectures on the history of political thought, delivered each year at the London School of Economics, are now available in pri...

Reducere. DescriptionOswald Spengler, in the aftermath of the Great War, gained international repute as a philosopher-historian whose apparently doom-laden f...

Essays on judaism in the modern world, from philosophy and history to art and politics. Part of Radical Thinkers set 14.

Reducere. Being historically one the more important yet obscure figures in American history, Emma Goldman's anarchist thought is as relevant today as it was ...

In one sense, of course, all of Stuart Hall's writing was political, but this collection focuses on the essays he wrote throughout his life that di...

Publisher: St Augustine's PressAuthor(s): Roger ScrutonNumber of pages: 246Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 401 x 268 x 19Cover type: Paperback / ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen it first appeared in 1933, Experience and its Modes was not considered a classic. But as philosophical fashion moved away from the ...

Publisher: Bauhan (William L.), U.S.Author(s): Michael William PalmerNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 14Cover type...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael OakeshottBy 1989, when Michael Oakeshott's Voice of Liberal Learning was first published by Yale University Press, ...

Full revised and expanded 2nd edition, now in a new user-friendly alphabetized structure and 2-colour text design to aid navigation and improve eas...

The Fun Stuff and Other Essays - James Wood

Collected here in a single volume for the first time, On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Considerations on Representative Government, and The Subjection o...

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Reducere. Some engage in politics; others observe it, but the author of this political memoir is among the few that have had the chance to do both. In these ...

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Reducere. "Born in Tashkent, raised in Moscow and New York City, an editor in Odessa, a correspondent in Paris, there seems nowhere Davidzon hasn't been, no ...